Sea-captain in command of the schooner Hampton, and probably owner of the schooner, "Charming Molly"
He owned land and shop and house on Spring Hill in Portsmouth. This is where he sold goods purchased on his voyages. About the year 1771 he moved to New Durham. He died there in 1789. After his death his wife went to Conway to live near her daughter Sarah. She died at Greenland, N.H. in 1795 at age 78. Their children were all baptized at the South Church, Portsmouth, N.H.